Happy New Year!

This time last year we were in the Simien Mountains in Ethiopia, enjoying the magnificence of God’s creation. It is really very strange to think that our Ethiopian experience was a year ago.

The past year has been a really good one for me both personally and professionally. We had our fantastic Ethiopian sojourn, I remained well (no Chronic Fatigue Syndrome relapses!), and my two stitch dictionaries have been great successes.

Not being a tea leaf reader, I have no idea what this year holds, but I hope that it brings the completion of my next book, which will be on Portuguese embroidery. While I do set personal goals for my work, I am more flexible with them now, post CFS. I need to be kind to myself. I look forward to what my God has in store for me.

I hope that 2011 is a year when you are kind to yourself, and life is kind to you.